God realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything equally.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIGod realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything equally.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIPeople think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYILoving words and deeds are the best alms.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWhat the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone’s wish is to become a leader, Let us become a real servant instead.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIOur highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIEach and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIFirst, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIMarried life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYINowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWe should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIIt is man who, through his thoughts and actions, creates turmoil and disintegration in the natural, harmonious unity of the world.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIIf you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYILessen the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and allow more space for the energy of love to flow within you.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIUnderstand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWhen we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYISurrender and living in the present are one and the same.
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